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'Everything ... went wrong' as two Navy divers died
— The dive that claimed the lives of two members of an elite Navy team wasn't the only thing that went wrong that February day at Aberdeen Proving Ground's Super Pond, witnesses testified during a military hearing Wednesday. First, the underwater...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lakes and Ponds, Transportation Accidents, Science and Technology
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Former TWA 800 investigators claim crash details were covered up
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON It wasn't a missile, government officials said at the time. Just a tragic accident. A mechanical failure. It was a central fuel tank explosion that sent TWA Flight 800 plummeting into the Atlantic Ocean in a 1996 crash that remains one of...Tags: Explosions, Transportation Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry
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Feds considering call to reopen TWA Flight 800 investigation
Federal officials are weighing a request to reopen the investigation of the 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 that went down off the coast of Long Island, killing all 230 people aboard. A group of former investigators, interviewed in a...
Tags: Explosions, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry, Emergency Incidents
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UTC Ordered To Pay Feds $473M For Overpricing Engines
The Hartford CourantA federal court has ordered United Technologies Corp. to pay $473 million plus interest for overpricing F-15 and F-16 jet engines it sold to the U.S. Air Force from 1985 to 1991. Pratt & Whitney, a UTC division, made false claims about the price of the...Tags: Military Justice, United Technologies Corporation, Transportation Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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United flight disrupted after passenger screams, 'You've all been poisoned'
Tribune staff and wire reportsNEWARK, N.J. -- The FBI and law enforcement officials met a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport Monday after a passenger became disruptive during a nearly 15-hour flight, yelling that everyone on board had been poisoned. "We're all being...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Hong Kong, Transportation Accidents, Justice System
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FLASHBACK: In '88, Bobby Allison is critically injured in crash at Pocono
A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five. June 17 1988—Steph Mack's three-run homer and Cathy Frohnheiser's solo shot powers Northern Lehigh to an 8-2 win over Linesville and the PIAA Class 2A...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Fractured Rib, Broken Leg, High School Sports
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Triage system sorts injuries quickly
Two trains collided in Chatsworth. The death toll would reach 25. More than five times that were injured. Peering through a home's chain-link fence, first responders saw fire licking twisted metal. Soon they brought order to the chaos with color-...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, University of California, Irvine, Everglades, Los Angeles Fire Department
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Video Shows Plane's-Eye View of 2012 Fairbanks Crash
Channel 2 NewsAn online video is offering a dramatic look at a 2012 plane crash near the Fairbanks International Airport that left two people with minor injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board’s probable cause report on the crash of the...Tags: Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry
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Cause of Chino Airport hangar accident investigated
Investigators were trying to determine Friday what caused a jet to smash into a hangar at Chino Airport while mechanics were conducting a test on the engine. There were no immediate reports of injuries in the Thursday accident, officials said. The...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Federal Aviation Administration
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Former Iron Dog Racer's Condition Improves after Plane Crash
Channel 2 NewsIt's been almost four months since a plane following the Iron Dog snowmachine race crashed near the Rainy Pass Lodge, badly injuring both pilot Robert Stone and his passenger, former Iron Dog racer Jason Wichman. Wichman suffered brain trauma and is now...Tags: Auction Service, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Coma, Transportation Industry
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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Deadly Petersburg Crash
Channel 2 NewsThe pilot in last week’s deadly flightseeing plane crash near Petersburg says the aircraft didn’t show any major mechanical problems before it slammed into a mountain, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A preliminary NTSB...Tags: Mountains, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Coast Guard, Disasters and Accidents, Air Transportation Industry
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Medical chopper association shares accident data
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA recent study by the Association of the Air Medical Transport says there have been 5 fatal accidents this year. The report shows since 2011 there have been 7 fatal accidents involving medical helicopters. Fatal air medical accidents since the start of...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents
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